Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by alvarosevilla95 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @07:05AM
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I disagree. "that's just how the universe works. Time to update the Standard Model." means we learned somthing we previously didn't, and we have to update our model.
On the other hand, what if acceleration caused by gravity suddenly became 5 m/s^2? this wouldn't be new information, but a fact that directly contradicts previous knowledge.
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Re:Your yearly dose of is-the-universe-a-simulation
by moron4hire on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @07:09AM
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"Observation contradicting previous knowledge" is literally the point of experimentation. If gravity were to do such a thing, either A) it was indistinguishable from random chance and we incorporate a concept of uncertainty into our understanding of gravity (which has actually happened), or B) it'd be reproducible and we'd... update our understanding of gravity (which has also actually happened). In neither case do we receive information we can use to determine "meddling".